number one with a bullet
number one with a bullet
1. Of a song, number-one on Billboard Magazine's charting system and still gaining in terms of sales or playtime on the radio. (The "bullet" in this phrase refers to an icon placed next to a song that makes rapid progress in the charts.) And now, number one with a bullet, here's the new hit single from Taylor Swift!
2. By extension, far better than anything/anyone else; having rapidly become the best, most authoritative, or most dominant among others in a certain group. The findings of this remarkable study truly mark Dr. Colvin as number one with a bullet in her field. The tech giant started of humbly, but it became number one with a bullet in the mid-'90s.
See also: bullet, number, one
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- A number 1
- a number one
- number one
- a number of
- a number of (something)
- number of things or people
- number off
- any number of
- digit
- double-deuces